 First edition | |
| Author | William March |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Southern Gothic |
| Publisher | Smith & Haas and University of Alabama Press |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0-8173-5811-2 |
| LC Class | PZ3.C1553 PS3505.A53157 |
| Followed by | The Tallons |
Come in at the Door is the first book in Alabama author William March’s “Pearl County” collection of novels and short fiction. It is an example of the Southern Gothic genre. Following the success of March's first novel, Company K, about World War I, the author began to explore his own childhood in south Alabama in his fiction. Come in at the Door is set in the three towns of Hodgetown, Reedyville, and Baycity, the latter offering a fictionalized vision of Mobile, Alabama. The book was first published in 1934 by Smith & Haas in New York and republished by the University of Alabama Press in 2015. The other novels in the series are The Tallons and The Looking-Glass.[1]
Come in at the Door tells the life story of Chester Hurry, who becomes the central character in the Pearl County series. In it, the author interweaves a traditional linear narrative with diary entries from Chester's aunt's journal as well as numerous short fable-like entries by a character called “The Whisperer.”[2]
- ^ Simmonds, Roy S (1988). William March: An Annotated Checklist. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8173-0361-7.
- ^ Simmonds, Roy S. (2011). The Two Worlds of William March. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8173-5687-3.